Ancient traditions of the Virgin Mary's dormition and assumption
The ancient Dormition and Assumption traditions are a collection of over 60 different narratives, preserved in 9 ancient languages, that commemorate the end of the Virgin Mary's life. This study aims to make this collection more accessible by analyzing the liturgical, archaeological, and narrative sources of the earliest traditions of Mary's death. Several of the most important narratives appear here in English for the first time
xiv, 460 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
9780199250752, 9780199210749, 0199250758, 0199210748
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Introduction
1. The earliest dormition traditions
2. The ancient Palestinian cult of the virgin and the early dormition traditions
3. Rival traditions of Mary's death
4. The prehistory and origins of the dormition and assumption traditions
Appendices : select translations of early dormition narratives
A. The Ethiopic Liber Requiei
B. The earliest Greek dormition narrative
C. Fifth-century Syriac palimpsest fragments of the 'Six books'
D. The Ethiopic 'Six books'
E. The Sahidic Coptic Homily on the dormition, attributed to Evodius of Rome
F. Jacob of Serug, Homily on the dormition
G. Parallels to the Liber Requiei from the early Palm Narratives
Bibliography
Index